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Spring Recruiting Heating Up in Friartown

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Providence’s season ended back on March 19th and Ed Cooley and his staff quickly turned the page to the future and recruiting for 2016 and beyond. The Friar staff has been tracking some players in the class of 2016 for some time now, but recruiting appears to be heating up in Friartown. Sacred Heart transfer Cane Broome took an unofficial visit to Providence on Monday and Kevin Farrahar at Friarbasketball.com reported that junior college big man Akil Douglas will be on Providence’s campus Tuesday for a visit. Fresh of a coaching change at Pittsburgh, 2016 big man Corey Manigault is back on the market and a new name in the Juco ranks also surfaced over the weekend in Kavell Bigby-Williams.

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Providence Coaches Spotted at National Prep Championships

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The 2016 National Prep Championships are being held Tuesday and Wednesday at Albertus Magnus College in New Haven, CT and there are a good amount of Providence recruiting targets that are playing over the next two days. Adam Finkelstein already spotted Providence coaches at Albertus Magnus College and it was later learned that those coaches are Ed Cooley and Andre LaFleur. The question is, who is Providence there to see? Here are some answers.

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Recruiting News: Rivals Releases Class Of 2018 Top 75 Recruit Rankings

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Rivals released a Top 75 for the Class of 2018 on Friday and Providence has some of their targets on the list for this class that is made up of current high school sophomores. The list also includes some local New England prep products.

Providence Recruits in the Top 75:

  • #5 – Naz Reid – 6’9 PF – Roselle Catholic/Asbury Park, NJ
  • #24 – Isaiah Mucius – 6’7 WF – St. James School/Patchogue, NY
  • #25 – Jalen Smith – 6’8 PF – Mount Saint Joseph/Baltimore, MD
  • #32 – AJ Reeves – 6’3 SG – Brimmer and May/Roxbury, MA
  • #63 – Nate Laszewski – 6’7 PF – Northfield-Mt. Hermon/Avon, CT
  • #67 – Montez Mathis – 6’4 SG – Oak Hill Academy/Essex, MD

To see the entire Top 75, click here.

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Recruiting News: Rivals Releases Updated Class Of 2017 Top 150 Recruit Rankings

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Rivals has released an updated Top 150 for the Class of 2017 and Providence has plenty of recruits among the ranked, including newly committed big man Dajour Dickens. The Friars need to upgrade the talent on their roster and 2017 will be the best place to do it short of landing a big man in 2016 like Kalif Young, Darius Hicks or Cheickna Dembele.

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Recruiting News: Scout.com Releases Updated Class Of 2017 Top 100 Recruit Rankings

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Scout released their update top 100 for the class of 2017 on Wednesday. Providence is still working hard in 2016, but they are also continuing to form relationships with 2017 players and those players will be looking to make their mark during the spring and summer grassroots periods. There are some new names in the top 100 and some that fell out. All in all, Providence is involved with a lot of talented and highly ranked players in the class of 2017.

To see the entire Top 100, click here.

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Providence Recruiting Update: National Prep Invitational at Rhode Island College

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The National Prep Invitational will be played at nearby Rhode Island College starting on Thursday with games running through Sunday afternoon. The Providence coaching staff is expected to spend plenty of time taking in the action at RIC over the next few days. There are more than 15 recruits that Providence is involved with from the classes of 2016, 2017 and 2018 that are expected to play in this event. Cox Hub will be streaming 9 games from the NPSI between Thursday and Saturday. The games that will be streamed can be found at this link and they are in bold with an asterisk below.

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